Use of cumulative incidence of novel influenza A/H1N1 in foreign travelers to estimate lower bounds on cumulative incidence in Mexico.

Use of cumulative incidence of novel influenza A/H1N1 in foreign travelers to estimate lower bounds on cumulative incidence in Mexico.

An accurate estimate of the total number of cases and severity of illness of an emerging infectious disease is required both to define the burden of the epidemic and to determine the severity of disease. When a novel pathogen first appears, affected individuals with severe symptoms are more likely t...

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Main Authors: Marc Lipsitch, Martin Lajous, Justin J O'Hagan, Ted Cohen, Joel C Miller, Edward Goldstein, Leon Danon, Jacco Wallinga, Steven Riley, Scott F Dowell, Carrie Reed, Meg McCarron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2731883?pdf=render

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